Dick Greenhaus raises an interesting point,
[Of course, traditional singers didn't sing only "traditional" material. I might point Jeannie Robertson's singing of "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow".]
Bob Hart sang WhatFunny littleplace to have one,WalterPardon sang Old Browns Daughter[music hall songs?].
Jim, would you have collected from Walter a self composed song?other collectors from an earlier era may not.
Bob Roberts used to recite a monologue The Oily Rigs,
I suspect he wrote it himself.unlike revival singers[apart from LLoyd and his rewrites and self composed songs] who want full recognition for their songs,
Roberts[it would appear] wanted to pass it off as traditional[could that have been that he thought collectors wouldnt have collected it if they knew it wasnt traditional]or could it have been that he thought it didnt matter that it was self composed,
of course Roberts is another grey area being both a traditional and revival singer].
Or could it be that revival singers attitudes have changedsince the1950/1960,or could it be that Roberts AND Bert lloyd were also not full time professional singers[relying it as their only source of income].,and not needing every penny of songwriting royalties. Collectors have a duty to collect everything even self composed songs. Dick Miles